examples/example.ss
(module example mzscheme
  
  ;; replace these with PLaneT requires if you use this as a template somewhere else:
  (require "../libs.ss"
           "../parse.ss")

  ;; I don't know how to find the current path effectively... so I'll just assume that you started Dr/Mz in the
  ;; examples path.
  (define here-path ".")
  
  ;; Let's just check to make sure this is okay...
  (unless (file-exists? (build-path here-path "sample-gnucash-file"))
    (error 'gnucash-example 
           "Due to hurried programming, this example can only be run when the current directory is the one containing the sample file."))
  
  ;; ordinarily, the source file would be in some other directory...
  (define gnucash-file-source (build-path here-path "sample-gnucash-file"))
  (define gnucash-zo-file (build-path here-path "sample-gnucash.zo"))
  
  ;; this will take a very long time the first time you call it on a sizeable gnucash file.
  ;; my gnucash file is about 19 Meg after unzipping, and the translation to a .zo file takes
  ;; almost 3 minutes on my intel laptop.
  (init-libs (time (gnucash-read gnucash-file-source gnucash-zo-file)))
  
  ;; show all the account names
  (printf "Account names: ~v\n" (map account-name-path accounts))
  
  ;; locate the id for the checking account
  (define checking-account-id (account-id (find-account `("Assets" "Current Assets" "Checking Account"))))
  
  ;; find all the transactions into or out of "Assets:Current Assets:Checking Account"
  (define my-transactions (crossers transactions (list checking-account-id)))
 
  ;; display their dates and the net flow into or out of the checking account
  (printf "Net Flows: ~v\n" 
          (map (lambda (t)
                 (list (transaction-date t)
                       (net t (list checking-account-id) dollars)))
               my-transactions))
  
)